Shelled Winter Melon Seeds
Shelled seeds from winter melon (Benincasa hispida), prepared for food or oil, under HTS 1207.70.00.75 as other oleaginous melon seeds. Excluded from vegetable or sowing categories by Chapter 12 structure.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If vegetable seeds for food, not oil use
Non-oil emphasis shifts to Chapter 7 vegetables.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Ensure moisture content below 10% for stability; declare exact melon species
• Beware of reclassification if sold as culinary vegetable seeds
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Watermelon Seeds for Food Use
Dried watermelon seeds, hulled and ready for snacking or roasting, classified under HTS 1207.70.00.75 as other melon seeds. These are oil seeds from Citrullus lanatus, valued for their high oil content despite primary food use. They fall outside low erucic acid rape/colza definitions of related subheadings.
Hulled Muskmelon Seeds
Hulled seeds from muskmelon (Cucumis melo), intact or broken, imported for culinary or oil purposes under HTS 1207.70.00.75. These oleaginous fruits are neither low erucic rape/colza nor sowing seeds per Chapter 12 notes.
Roasted Cantaloupe Seeds Snack Pack
Roasted cantaloupe (muskmelon variety) seeds packaged for retail snacking, still classified as other melon seeds in HTS 1207.70.00.75 due to oleaginous nature. Roasting does not alter primary HTS heading for unbroken oil seeds.
Bulk Honeydew Melon Seeds for Oil
Unhulled honeydew melon seeds in bulk for potential oil extraction, under HTS 1207.70.00.75 as other melon seeds. These fit Chapter 12 oil seeds definition, whether broken or not.
Broken Gac Melon Seeds
Broken seeds from gac melon (Momordica cochinchinensis), an exotic melon valued for oil content, classified in HTS 1207.70.00.75. Fits 'whether or not broken' provision for other melon seeds.
Organic Charentais Melon Seeds
Organic seeds from Charentais melon variety, not for sowing, classified as other melon oil seeds in HTS 1207.70.00.75. Organic certification does not affect base heading.